Kalutara High Court Judge Pradeep Abeyratne sentenced four defendants who were accused of killing a person by assaulting them with sharp and blunt weapons and sentenced them to death.
The Attorney General had filed indictments before the Kalutara High Court against 07 suspects for killing a person and seriously injuring another person on January 02, 1996 in Kalutara.
In the case, the accused 1, 2, 3 and 5 were sentenced to death and the High Court judge ordered the acquittal of accused 6 and 7. The 4th defendant is dead.